I think it was Joseph Conrad (I might be wrong here, but it was someone), who said: ‘We are all alone. And we know it.’

True today as it has ever been, as you’ve eruditely pointed out John. Maybe even more so: Imagine the fear people have of not being able to reply to an ‘urgent’ tweet or FB message because they are dead. In a grave ten foot under, no internet access, no phone signal, no life. Terrifying, eh?